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BL
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946909
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b701279
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| Title & Author
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Women who offend /\ edited by Gill McIvor.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: New York, N.Y. :: J. Kingsley,, ©2004.
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| Series Statement
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Research highlights in social work ;; 44
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1 online resource (302 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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128026716X
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: 1423710118
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: 1843101548
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: 1846420415
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: 9781280267161
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: 9781423710110
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: 9781843101543
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: 9781846420412
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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| Contents
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Female offending: a theoretical overview / Loraine Gelsthorpe -- Breaking the mould: patterns of female offending / Michele Burman -- From 'a safer to a better way': transformations on penal policy for women / Jacqueline Tombs -- Why are more women being sentenced to custody? / Carol Hedderman -- Living with paradox: community supervision of women offenders / Judith Rumgay -- Service with a smile? women and community 'punishment' / Gill McIvor -- Women in prison / Nancy Loucks -- Women's release from prison: the case for change / Christine Wilkinson -- Black women and the criminal justice system / Ruth Chigwada-Bailey -- Risk, dangerousness and female offenders / Hazel Kemshall -- The 'criminogenic' needs of women offenders / Carol Hedderman -- Women, drug use and the criminal justice system / Margaret S. Malloch -- Working with girls and young women / Susan Batchelor and Michele Burman.
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| Abstract
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Presenting research that will underpin effective practice with women who offend, this unique and thought-provoking text aims to help professionals meet the needs of this group as well as providing a theoretical resource for policy makers and academics. The authors, coming from a variety of professional and research perspectives, discuss important issues concerning women in the criminal justice system, including: the increase in custodial sentences for women; black women in prison; patterns of female offending; drug use and the criminal justice system; the needs of women on release from prison.
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Female offenders-- Rehabilitation.
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Female offenders.
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Criminelles-- Réhabilitation.
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Criminelles.
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Female offenders-- Rehabilitation.
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Female offenders.
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Rehabilitation Of Offenders.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Criminology.
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Täterin
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Großbritannien
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| Dewey Classification
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364.3/74
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| LC Classification
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HV6046.W656 2004eb
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| Added Entry
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McIvor, Gill,1959-
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